religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just published cosmic queries and i asked him about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the n.t. vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because because i look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies perth as a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disc or right and in one case perhaps metaphorically it referred to corners but the point is the methods and tools of science that we now embrace that involve hypothesis then testing the hypothesis no matter what your senses might otherwise tell you became so important that in the era of modern in that era from about 1600 onward we don't find ourselves in these pickles where everybody is certain something is true and then later on we find out it's not so so back then the flat earth years was everybody we had no way to test it no one thought

the legendary astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson is the guest i'm going underground coming up right. views cross-talk we're backing off now with the latest to join us again that. ukraine is back in the news. escalating rhetoric could lead to more conflict within ukraine driving this conflict. or is this all about. russia. i'm afshin rattansi we're going underground on easter monday for a very special episode looking at some of the biggest questions posed by both science and religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just probably. cosmic queries and i asked him earlier about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the n.t. vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because because i look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies earth as a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disk all right and in one case perhaps metaphor

welcome back to part 2 of our special interview with pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson whose new book is called cosmic queries you know it's a very serious matter given that that question keeps on being up asked that nurses seems to have destroyed its educational oh i'm just save money what do you make of the fact that it's nasa or education work in school. does being cut isn't i mean the budget was only $110000000.00 i think your your apartment cost that your apartment cost that neal. i thought about of al picks well and at the end of the day jeff bezos could just pay for everything right right so. i try not to get in the weeds of funding priorities instead what i like to do is compel the electorate i turn and face them and i the public the electorate and i say here's the benefits of thinking this way here's what it has to do with your past present and future and here's what happens if you don't do it then i go home and then i want them to think about it and then they will vote for who they want to vote for or right if you really don't want nasa and it's a representative democra

light on some of the biggest questions in the universe let's meet american astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson he's a prolific t.v. and radio show host but also the author of a popular series of science books called cosmic queries were full of interviews on the latest edition of going underground which as here after this politan except in the u.k. and ireland but it is available to stream at r.t. dot com. powerful elites come up again and again in your latest book trying to trying to stop signs as it were very aware about the power. of astrophysics if your discoveries conflict with prevailing political cultural religious forces these are forces that historically have always controlled society yeah they'll be resistance for you have to expect that because people in power do not relinquish power these only but at the end of the day or at the end of the decade or the century or the millennium nature is the ultimate judge jury and executioner of any idea what is the boy of spending money on a telescope to be repaired being sent off like that let alone what's happening on mars in the freezing cold

religion from the very beginnings of life to our place within the universe pentagon advisor neil de grasse tyson has just published cosmic queries and i asked him about myths from people believing the earth was flat to the n.t. vacs as of the coronavirus pandemic age at the time people long ago thought earth was flat it's because because to look that way and it felt that way and it kind of made sense and there's no reference for example in the bible that identifies perth as a spherical 3 dimensional object and all references that it does make have it as a flat disc or right and in one case perhaps metaphorically it referred to corners but the point is the methods and tools of science that we now embrace that involve hypothesis then testing the hypothesis no matter what your senses might otherwise tell you became so important that.

of the biggest questions within the universe as we know african american astrophysicist neil de grasse tyson is a prolific t.v. and radio show host and also the author of a popular series of science books called cosmic queries the full interview is ongoing on the ground with afshin rattansi you can be watch you can watch it on r.t. here throughout the day. powerful elites come up again and again in your latest book trying to trying to stop science as it was very aware about the power of astrophysics if your discoveries conflict with prevailing political cultural religious forces these are forces that historically have always controlled society yeah we resume easily but at the end of the day or at the end of the decade or the century or the millennium nature is the ultimate judge jury and executioner of any idea what is the boy of spending money on a telescope think of the repair being sent off like that let alone what's happening on mars in the freezing cold martian surface when there are people in your country freezing to death literally in texas that on the 40000000 on food stamps maybe th

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